URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1231 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

IAZ301-MNZ900-140145-
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IOWA GREAT LAKES/ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS-SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA-
1231 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301
AND 900…
…FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WIND
POTENTIAL FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301 AND 900…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA…IN IOWA…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301. IN MINNESOTA…
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 900 OR ALL OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* WINDS…SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH BECOMING
SOUTHWEST.

* TIMING…UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID 70S.

* IMPACTS…FAST MOVING AND INTENSE GRASSLAND FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. A COMBINATION
OF STRONG WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

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